Now Let’s Talk About The Scottish Play.
My 11 Grade English teacher was Mr. Woods, the teacher that no one wanted to have. He was an imposing figure: Think Ving Rhames, but with a slight Jamaican accent. However, he was the one who put the love of…
Welcome To Your Blind Spot
I have been spouting off about how the marketing of firearms training is a joke for as long as I've been gun blogging. If you open up a martial arts academy, there is one of a jillion marketing companies out…
So You Want To Be A Gunwriting Star
Well, listen now, hear what I say. Monday will be my first day as the digital editor of ShootingIllustrated.com. I loved working for Ammoman and they are truly an amazing company, but this is a chance to work on one…
Wither Gunblogging?
This interview with John Corriea on how long-form articles work in the current ADHD world of social media was a lot of fun to do, but it got me thinking. While a lot of gunbloggers out there who grew bored…
A Focus On Front Sight
Let’s begin this story ten years ago, when I first went to Front Sight. I was fairly new to the defensive gun world, and I had about 100 hours of firearms training under my belt, mainly NRA-centric classes and some…
Testing, Testing
There are some firearms trainers who don’t believe in using standardized and time drills in their classes. “They’re demoralizing,” they say. “They discourage progress by showing the student how bad they actually are,” they say. Poppycock You fit the test…
When Will CZ Get With The Times?
I love my CZs, I own... a bunch of their guns, but let's face it, they are at least 5 years behind the market. Hammer-fired actions are starting to make a comeback as America get older. The slide on a…
Yes, I Am Going To Front Sight Next Month
Three things happened ten years ago that have a profound impact on my life. I went to my first SHOT Show, and saw what the firearms industry was really like I met my now good friend and mentor Michael Bane…
The Classics Never Go Out of Style
I’m taking a class right after the turn of the new year, and for various reasons that will be made clear later, I’ll be shooting it with my 1911, and not my usual Glock 19 w/ dot. This, of course,…
The Narrative Thread
One of the biggest reasons why practical shooting has never really taken off is that it’s hard to talk about. Okay, it’s not hard to talk about what it is (“You run around and you shoot things”), but rather it’s…